A 12-year-old girl was dragged into a whirlpool in a river in the Volgograd region.

A 12-year-old girl was dragged into a whirlpool in the Khoper River in the Uryupinsky district of the Volgograd region. This was announced on July 11 by the press service of the investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region.

"While swimming in a pond, a girl got into a whirlpool. An adult woman who was nearby was also dragged into the pool, but she managed to get out on her own. The child disappeared under the water," the agency wrote on its Telegram channel.

It is specified that the incident occurred on July 10 in the village of Dobrinskaya, the girl was on vacation on the riverbank with relatives. The place that was chosen for recreation was not equipped for swimming, there were no rescue posts.

According to the agency, at the moment, employees of emergency rescue units, including divers, are conducting search operations. The circumstances of the incident are being clarified.

On July 6, it was reported that a 12-year-old schoolgirl drowned while swimming in the Amur River in the Khabarovsk Territory. It is specified that the incident occurred in the area of Bogachev Street, two girls began to drown there, one of whom managed to be rescued, the second went under water. A criminal case has been opened under Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Causing death by negligence").